Credential Manager upgrade Win8 account password easily backup and restore

Author: Shiny

Microsoft's new operating system Windows 8 not only has a cool interface, multi-touch, with its excellent cross-platform features more It is fully supported for desktop devices such as desktops and all-in-ones, as well as mobile devices such as ultrabooks and tablets. The account synchronization function of Windows 8 system can record the system settings, IE browsing records and other information into the Microsoft account by default. After logging in to the same Microsoft account on different devices, the related information will be automatically synchronized. So how can information like the username and password used for website login in the browser be automatically synchronized? We can directly view all the Windows credentials currently saved in the Win8 system and the new Web credentials of Win8.1 from the Windows 8 upgrade "Credit Manager", and can flexibly view and back them up, combined with Microsoft. The synchronization of the account and the restoration of the credential file, no matter how the device can quickly configure the most familiar Win8 system environment.

Open Win8 Credential Manager in Control Panel

First we need to access the Credential Manager in the Win8 System Control Panel.

Press the “Win+I” key combination on the Win8 start screen or use your finger to swipe the pop-up from the right end of the screen to the middle and select the “set> gear icon, then select “ Panel”.

Illustration: Enter the control panel

via the Win8 charms "Settings" or press the shortcut key “Win+X” in the Win8 start screen and the traditional desktop. Select “Control Panel”.

Icon: Open the quick button menu to enter the control panel

to enter the “User Account and Family Safety” category, you can see the “Certificate Manager” by “<++"Win+X” ”.

Icon: Select “User Account and Family Safety in the Win8 Control Panel.

Icon: Select “Credential Manager”

or we also You can search directly with keywords in the search box of the Win Control Panel. For example, in the image below, we enter the words "by ”" to see the search results.

Icon: Enter the Credential Manager by keyword search in the Win8 Control Panel

Enter the Win8 System's "Credential Manager", you can see the interface with the previous version of Windows Different, not only has the previous "Windows Credentials" classification, but also added a new classification of "Web Credentials". A key pattern application icon appears on the taskbar of the Win8 traditional desktop.

Illustration: Win8 Credential Manager contains Web Credentials and Windows Credentials

Illustration: Credential Manager Application Icon for Win8 Taskbar

Web Credentials for Win8 System
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In the "Web Credentials" category of the Win8 system, we can view the credentials stored in the current system related to the network login authentication. These credentials can be stored by different applications, such as Skype, Internet Explorer, Windows applications, and more.

The following figure shows the credentials containing the password saved in Internet Explorer. We click on the small button on the right to view the relevant details.

Icon: Click the button to view the web credential camera data

The following figure shows the details of the selected credential. We can see the URL, username, roaming, saver ( IE) and replacing the displayed password with an asterisk.

If the current credentials support roaming, if the user logs in with the same Microsoft account on another Win8 device, the credentials will be automatically synchronized. Accessing the address in Internet Explorer will not require a username and password. Here we can easily view the complete records of all relevant applications for easy organization.

Icon: View Web Credentials Camera Data

If we want to view the clear text password, we need to enter the password confirmation of the current Microsoft account again to ensure security.

Icon: To view the password, you need to enter the current Microsoft account password.

Let's take a look at the Windows passwords in the Win8 system for viewing, management, backup and restore. Please click “next page”.

Windows Credentials for Win8 System

Switch to the Windows Credential Management interface, where we can view some information saved by the current Win8 device for logging into a remote computer. If Office 2013 is installed on the current system, you can see Office15 related credentials in the normal credentials. This credential allows us to automatically log in and even edit the files in Skydrive when using the Office series software.

If Win8 devices have previously installed Windows Live related components (such as Messenger, Writer, etc.), they will encounter a credential named virtualapp/didlogical here. If you don't use these components, you can delete them directly.

Illustration: Switching to the Win8 System Credential Manager for Windows Credentials Classification

Win8's Credential Manager allows you to manually add Windows options.

Icon: Allow manual addition of Windows credentials

Icon: Add Windows credentials manually

It is important to emphasize that because Windows credentials are for Windows and related local programs. All of this credentials will not be synced via the Microsoft account. If you do need to synchronize, you will need to back up and restore by manual operation.

The operation is very simple. Click on the “Backup Credentials” text to back up the credentials. The system will prompt you to select a folder location, preferably a non-local hard drive, such as a USB flash drive, which is more secure. Select the location where the .crd file is saved, click “Next” You can see the prompt: & ldquo; Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to continue the backup on the secure desktop. ” After pressing the key combination, you will be prompted to enter the password and confirm the password. This will save the local credentials as a .crd file.

Icon: Backup Credentials

Icon: Backup Credentials, Select .crd File Save Location

Icon: Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and enter the password

When we want to use these credentials in other Win8 devices, just go to the Win8 credential manager, click the “restore credentials button, select the .crd file you want to restore, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE key combination, enter the previously set password to restore. This new Win8 device can use the previous local Windows credentials.

Icon: Restore Credentials Icon: Select the location of the .cdr file to restore the credentials

Above we introduced the Win8 system upgrade "Credit Manager", Win8 not only provides the previous version Windows credentials, while also adding Web credentials, combined with backup and restore operations and Microsoft account system settings synchronization, we can quickly configure the system password settings for various system applications and network applications under any conditions, to ensure that we use The most familiar and convenient Win8 system.